Posted Sunday, 02 September 2007 by Michael Khanin
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Posted Wednesday, 22 August 2007 by Michael Khanin Microsoft publishes a very large number of articles in its Knowledge Base (KB) but a lot are not translated and are available only in a machine translated version. The quality of these machine translations not being always perfect, Bernard Opic (Former MVP on Microsoft Office Outlook) offers translations into French of articles relating to Outlook, Exchange and Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO).
Default size for dynamically expanding disks increased from 16GB to 127GB
More than 64 virtual machines (VMs) on 64-bit hosts
Service publication using Active Directory Service Connection Points. This allows all instances of the Virtual Server service to be located within the forest
The Universal TCP/IP Network Bootdisk is a DOS bootdisk that provides TCP/IP networking support. It's designed for use in Microsoft networking environments, on either peer-to-peer or domain based LANs. Currently 92 different network card drivers all included, all on the single 1.44MB disk!
Note: Take a look at Microsoft Article ID : 811497 to resolve a problems logging on to a Windows 2000-based server or a Windows 2003-based server
Posted Saturday, 18 August 2007 by Michael Khanin This is actually not an indictment of Vista alone, but something I've seen in Windows for quite some time now: the user profile \TEMP directory. It fills up with the most amazing amount of trash imaginable, and over time it can cause programs to malfunction left and right in ways that defy analysis.
This DVD ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on August 14th, 2007. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.
Important Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security
Posted Wednesday, 15 August 2007 by Michael Khanin The properties on a CMD.EXE window allow you to select either Raster Fonts or Lucida Console. By editing a Registry, you can add other monospace fonts.
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Posted Monday, 13 August 2007 by Michael Khanin Passwords get lost. Passwords can get cracked. No systems administrator should be without a good password utility. . .or without some good workarounds for password problems. Here are five password-related tips from SearchWinComputing.com's systems management and desktop management experts.
But, if you want to use a batch script, use a LaunchKey. LaunchKey is a freeware command-line utility that runs an application and sends keypresses to it.
If you want to know the local time of the any country, do following:
In the Google Search box write down:-local time (and followed by this write the country's name) and hit the Enter key you will get the local time of that country instantly.
Posted Wednesday, 01 August 2007 by Michael Khanin The August 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at www.technetmagazine.com/issues/2007/08/.
This month, our experts tackle a number of exciting new solutions available in the System Center family of management products. We begin with an overview of the forthcoming System Center Configuration Manager 2007, which builds on the legacy of Systems Management Server (SMS). We also take a deeper dive into the Branch Distribution Point feature of Configuration Manager 2007.
Posted Tuesday, 31 July 2007 by Michael Khanin A new software tool has been released by Linchpin Labs that allows the loading of unsigned and legacy drivers on Windows XP, 2003, and Vista.
One of the system management and control methods that Microsoft implemented with Windows Vista is requiring system drivers to be digitally signed before they will load properly within the system. If a user or administrator wishes to load an unsigned or legacy driver, they will either need to reboot into a limited functionality mode or just do without the functions that the driver would have provided.
The August 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at 
A new software tool has been released by 
